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Show Propose to Encircle London With Great Road 11 - ' 1 " " - 1 " - " - 3 a 1 -t 5 i i t i t i i c 1 f ; i i V la the aaaaal report of the London traffic branch of the board of trad published recently th defect of tb existing ex-isting roada are aet out in some detail, and suggestions ara mad ia regard ta measure for remedying them. The report ' save: "In the aesiu these defects eoaaist ia tb iasuffieieae of arterial roads arising from want ef foresight ta the past. ' The adoption of a complete scheme of road improvement ia th metropolitan area won Id not only make provi.ma for the traffic requirement of the present s j,ut wouij greatly facilitate tha task of prepar-lug prepar-lug a comprehensive plea." . Tweatv three maia roads radiate from Cfreate London into th ewrroundieg country, including th Dover, th Brighton, tk Bath and th I, real North roads. The si-hem would provide means for making direct approach roada lata toedoa. beeidee linkiag up the maia routes, both old aad new, witk subsidiary ones. At tke earns time there ia aa official an greet ion of a grant circular road ruuad Ledoa a quarter of a mile ia width, with a tea mil-radio from t baring Cross, whieb would link up these radial roada. It ia u,v"te4 that it might b aa planned aa to take both fs.t and slow trsCC,e and lina -np rsit'sl -rosit. aed ct.;t-v ihurb.. ' |